The Texas Rangers will start with this young right-handed reliever on Sunday against the Washington Nationals.

At this point, the jokes kind of write themselves. Like this: The last time the Rangers played a game shorter than Friday was the final day of the 1984 season when California’s Mike Witt threw a perfect game in 1:49. Hey, at that point, the Rangers were just anxious to get things over with. Has this season reached that stage?

The Washington Nationals are facing off against an old divisional foe in Jacob Degrom. Degrom was one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball with the Mets. After a few injury plagued years, Degrom is back to dominating,